Tour Guide

In class, we always discuss the idea that as the HypnoBirthing instructors, we are simply the tour guides.  It’s our job to teach you the techniques and answer your questions.  It’s your job to read the HypnoBirthing book, practice the techniques and ask any questions you have.  I wish I could say that you didn’t [...]

NC HypnoBirthing Class

Here’s what included when you take an NC HypnoBirthing class:

5 HypnoBirthing classes for you and your Birth Companion
1 Essentials of Breastfeeding class taught by Linda Donovan
1 HypnoBirthing book and 2 audio CDs from the HypnoBirthing Institute

The best time to take HypnoBirthing classes is during your second trimester.  If you’re already in your third trimester, it’s [...]

Rainbow Relaxation

The Rainbow Relaxation CD is a conditioning tool that is central to the HypnoBirthing program.  Regular use, ideally daily or at least several times per week, conditions your body to go deeply into relaxation whenever you hear it.  During birthing, when you play this CD, it will help you go quickly into deep relaxation.
In class, someone always [...]

The Importance of Practice

Four Stages of Competence 
Whenever we learn something new, we go through four distinct stages.  In psychology, these are called the four stages of competence.  Each stage describes a person’s knowledge and skill in terms of two dimensions: competence-incompetence and conscious-unconscious.   
The first stage is called Unconscious Incompetence.  In this stage, an individual is not competent in [...]

HypnoBirthing® Homework Assignment, Class 1

I hope you enjoyed your first class!  In our next class we’ll cover a variety of topics and we’ll start practicing breathing and relaxation techniques.   If you haven’t read the following chapters of your HypnoBirthing book already, be sure to look over the following chapters before our next class:  

Selecting Your Caregivers and the Birthing Environment [...]